He really enjoys knowing that you have a crush on me. I think he likes thinking of me as a MILF, his MILF.”So far, this answer was actually 100% tru...hful.“So, he is not concerned that there is something more going on between us? I mean with you going on the pill and all?”“Let’s just say he is very comfortable with our mutual admiration society, and he is enjoying watching our flirtations from afar.”Stephen nodded, seeming to accept my answers. I wondered if Jim heard any, or all of this. I'd been laid off and found myselfworking in a retail store. At least Bob still worked in corporate IT.Personally, we'd both had challenges. I'd dated infrequently for most ofmy twenties. I'd finally hooked up with Sylvia, and it seemed fairlyserious. It had been for me. At least she dumped me before I hadproposed. It had been right after I'd been laid off and she'd seemedgleeful to twist the knife by telling me I'd never amount to anything.Not that I wasn't proving her wrong with my career. ‘Then all I had to do was to get you back to the firebase. That trip is what leads me to think I’m not just wasting my time sitting here BS’ing with you. If your head was hard enough then, its still hard enough. ‘Of course I learned a helluva a lot about you on the way back. I’m hoping that this rap on your thick skull will get you talking again when you finally decide to wake up. I think I know why you turned and ran that last day that we were together. Oh yeah, that registered didn’t it? I. ”“So I should wear it tonight?”“You bet,” Cathy said. Thinking about how a boyfriend would react to her wearing a bra like that, she said, “I’m going to have to get a bra just like that.”“Not until I’m ready to be a grandmother,” Sharon said. She would have waved a finger at her daughter except she was afraid the robe would come open.Laughing at the expected comment, Cathy asked, “So how are the ears?”Sharon had her ears pierced after they had finished shopping for the lingerie. She answered,.